Okay so I came over this dude in some old Guitar Player Magazine from the 90s, and I have never heard of him or his music before. And since alot of you guys seems to know alot about obscure shredders from the 90s I'm asking you guys. I can imagine that he is pretty mediocre a lá Friedman / Becker / Vinnie Moore / MacAlpine? Or am I missing out?

Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:07 pm

Second Heat

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Re: Guymann Dude?

Never heard of him until now! i found this video of him, its genius lol

he was what I consider to be one of the downfalls of shred, he appeared to be in every issue of guitarist back in the day..... but he sucked!!! I mean, even his name!!! he might as well be called Blokemann Geezer!

We laugh about it and say that 99% of the guitar idol entries are "such Guymann Dudes..."

I read in some interview a long time ago, that he was the drummer in one of Steve Vai's bands way before Alcatrazz. He picked up guitar, made a solo album, which had a couple of catchy tunes, but to more advanced guitarists, his leads were mediocre at best.To n00Bs, he was their god.

Yeah he was right up there with the likes of MAB and Doug Marks.......

Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:53 pm

Gandalf

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Re: Guymann Dude?

I listened to a vocal album of his in a second-hand CD store in Berlin which had loads of cool stuff (sadly long gone). I think it was with his Mannic Distortion act. It was really awful. I bought Todd Duane and Greg Howe albums instead. Much better.

Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:02 pm

LoQ

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Re: Guymann Dude?

Yeah he was like one of the final nails in the coffin of late 80s/early 90s shred.

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Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:05 pm

Rich

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Re: Guymann Dude?

Gandalf wrote:

I bought Todd Duane and Greg Howe albums instead. Much better.

Both good choices!

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Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:32 pm

Penosity

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Re: Guymann Dude?

I always thought he was supposed to be a joke like Weird Al or Spinal Tap.I'm not sure he or anyone else took him seriously as a musician.

Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:21 pm

Rich

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Re: Guymann Dude?

Penosity wrote:

I'm not sure he or anyone else took him seriously as a musician.

+1.

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Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:26 pm

silentbob777

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Re: Guymann Dude?

Penosity wrote:

I always thought he was supposed to be a joke like Weird Al or Spinal Tap.I'm not sure he or anyone else took him seriously as a musician.

Ah, so the Aerosmith guys, Lukather, Sambora who played on that album were doing it ironically. And so were Slash, Vai, Satriani and Vinnie Moore on Hey Stoopid. And Reb Beach played in his band as a joke... It's all clear now....

Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:39 pm

Gandalf

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Re: Guymann Dude?

Rich wrote:

Gandalf wrote:

I bought Todd Duane and Greg Howe albums instead. Much better.

Both good choices!

Oh yes!

Penosity wrote:

I'm not sure he or anyone else took him seriously as a musician.

I've an old copy of Guitar World in which he (Mann-Dude) interviews Scott Henderson.

Ah, so the Aerosmith guys, Lukather, Sambora who played on that album were doing it ironically. And so were Slash, Vai, Satriani and Vinnie Moore on Hey Stoopid. And Reb Beach played in his band as a joke... It's all clear now....

The guy's a legend and a friend to those guys so of course they all want to play on his albums or live with him.... BUt let's face it, "Alice" is more of an "artist" than a real "musician"....

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